Weather & Earth Science News

Last week saw my 'local' railway line and road damaged during thunderstorms and worst, a local Highland charity picking up pieces after years of work washed away by flooding at Craiglea. Meanwhile, from yesterday, a striking picture shows 'mini-tornado' in skies above rural Aberdeenshire And it's claimed that Britain suffers its wettest June day ever as 10 weeks of rain falls in just 24 hours - at a remote location in the lake District ......  Where they actually see that amount of rain quite frequently Heavy rainstorm leaves 12 dead, 10 missing in China's Sichuan at the weekend, with, today, China on blue alert as rainstorms continue to wreak havoc and flooding below China's Three Gorges raises questions about dam Over 1 million people affected and 13 killed by India's floods And at least seven killed in Ivory Coast flash floods Finnish fire officials battle large wildfire More evidence that the asteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninha...

There are worrying signs of drought in European groundwater after a mild winter and warm, dry spring 'Trees snapped like toothpicks': Tornado destroys Auckland family home Yesterday saw large hailstones fall on Leeds and Sheffield after another 'spectacular' lightning storm lights up Isle of Man sky on Thursday evening.   Nothing, of course, in Evesham except a little rain today.   But at least after Europe sizzles in post-lockdown heatwave it's finally turned cooler here. And Arctic wildfires burning further north than previously spotted from space, satellite shows

Yesterday saw the UK's hottest day of the year so far with highs of 33.3C   (actually 33.5c in the end) and there was also record levels of UV radiation.   Not really a good day for laying on a crowded, dirty beach ....  unless you want skin cancer and covid-19.   And elsewhere Europe sizzles as temperatures rise towards 40C and the Finnish summer heat record broken again on Thursday . But there have been 3 killed, hundreds evacuated due to powerful flooding in Ukraine Lightning kills more than 100 in northern India Are planets with oceans common in the galaxy? It's likely, scientists find And world record lightning ‘megaflash’ in South America — 440 miles long — confirmed by scientists

After days of heavy rain, f lood-prone parts of Serbia, Bosnia inundated by water despite investment Mexico quake kills at least five and causes panic An insight into what a 100-degree day in Siberia really means - won't be quite that hot in England today, although temperatures into the low to mid 30s look likely and what will be the hottest day of the year so far and possibly a UK date record. One dead due to heavy rain in Istanbul and there was also an impressive waterspout Saharan dust turns the Caribbean brown Climate change: Planting new forests 'can do more harm than good' The eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano linked to period of extreme cold in ancient Rome in 43BC How volcanic activity and changes in Earth's mantle were key to rise of atmospheric oxygen And new evidence supports 'hot start' scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto

On Saturday, it just hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit in Siberia, the hottest temperature on record so far north in the Arctic Meanwhile, in Finland, June on course to be hottest on record and there's another heatwave on the way this week for England too. Flood kills 5 in northwestern Turkey Italian glacier covered in huge tarpaulins to stop melting Spectacular ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse thrills skywatchers from Africa to Asia And an enormous Saharan dust cloud reaches Caribbean Sea after traveling more than 3,000 miles over the Atlantic Ocean

Rain!   With 28.5mm in my garden, we had more rain yesterday than the whole of March, the whole of  April and, er, 31 times as much as we had in the whole of May.   The weeds will love it!   Doesn't appear to have caused too many issues though as it was steady, moderate rain rather than any torrential downpour.  Except in South Wales where there was anger as people flee homes after third flood this year. On Wednesday we missed all the storms, but there were Midlands streets flooded and trains delayed as floods hit whilst the tabloid media showed their ignorance and confusion, claiming snow hits UK in middle of June after thunderstorms dump 2 inches of rain .  It was just hail .... The warm spring weather has brought a warning of 'significant' blooms of harmful algae in Scotland Thirteen killed in Ivory Coast landslide, others missing Indonesia creates 'artificial rain' to prevent repeat of devastating fires And Antarctic sea ice loss expl...

Thunder finally arrived in Evesham yesterday, and once it got going wouldn't stop: over an hour of continuous rumbling, albeit not producing much rain here.  But elsewhere, storm sparks Birmingham flood chaos as fire service bombarded with calls and M6 affected and a house collapses in middle of night as storm batters North West .  There were also tornadoes caught on camera across two counties in Wales with several funnels spotted elsewhere.   More storms are expected today. Wildfires rage across the southwestern US Siberia’s persistent, freakishly mild weather is reverberating around the world The terrifying moment 10-tonne crane topples and crashes into the sea after being hit by freak winds New satellite imagery reveals a giant sand cloud from the Sahara being blown across the Atlantic And aurora on Mars: Green glow detected on the Red Planet

Flooding forces hundreds of thousands from their homes in China as China's flood-hit regions battle natural disasters including Nuri: China's first tropical cyclone of the year is a wet mess One of many pictures in local media over the weekend:  Forked lightning and double rainbow in astonishing pictures as freak storm hits Birmingham whilst yesterday there were two rescued from vehicle after flash flooding hits parts of Shropshire .   There were, of course, no storms in Evesham where rainfall this month is less than 50% of normal.  And last week there was at least one mini tornado spotted in skies over Coventry Tornadoes touch down in southern Alberta, as floods and tennis ball-sized hail hit Calgary Australia's longest weather record reveals snow in surprising places And a fireball that lit up Pilbara sky 'something special', but scientists not exactly sure what Read the full article via Shropshire Live at: https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2020/06/14/t...

" Last month was the warmest May on record with global temperatures 0.63°C above average, according to the European Union’s climate change monitor. The last 12-month period also matched the hottest on record and was close to 0.7°C warmer than average, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said. It comes after the UK experienced its sunniest spring and driest May since records began ." May 2020 global temperatures hottest on record In England and Wales, missing Roman forts and roads revealed by drought Wild weather swings in Siberia as extreme heat is followed by June snow, tornadoes and floods Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall in Louisiana with 50 mph winds and huge storm swell but a storm dumping June snow on Montana, Idaho is not all that unusual. Two killed as Cyclone Nisarga largely spares Mumbai but landslides kill at least 20 in India's Assam state And Britain goes coal free as renewables edge out fossil fuels

The astonishing moment massive landslide sweeps eight buildings into the sea in Norway - a dog caught up in it survived unharmed. UK public told to cut water use amid surge in lockdown demand Proving tropical storms aren't all bad:    After Cyclone Nisarga, Mumbai breathes cleanest air of the year COVID-19 crisis causes 17 percent drop in global carbon emissions The discovery of ancient super-eruptions indicates the Yellowstone hotspot may be waning And can computers solve UK weird weather puzzle?    Have they not considered though that our record spring was just a case of Sod's Law?